I've been a part of the community a lot longer than this place has been around. As far as I know it has always been an interest of mine.
Growing up I was considered a highly manipulative person. But manipulation isn't mind control. It's a lot of hard, stupid work to get people to do what they should just do in the first place: Whatever I want.
I'm not a complex person. To me mind control equals sexual fulfillment. So it is good. Input swingy pendant, receive blowjob. Not everyone is into this type of mind control and I'm well aware of the ethical implications of something like that being real, so I'm quite happy it isn't. But when you come down to it that's what it is all about. I like cute girls and want to have sex with them. The fantasy that I can just have any cute girl I want with no resistance, no dating, no elaborate dance of shared interests and so on is awesome. Id status: Stoked.
And yet I don't like Prostitution in spite of it being so similar. Give money, get sex. Mind control grants the unattainable girl, lets a girl be pure in spite of being banged. Not all girls could be prostitutes (and those that are wouldn't interest me) but all girls could be hypnotized and made to give a blowjob, no matter how pure, prudish, or powerful.
There's something far more interesting in the corruption of the innocent and the power that comes from having absolute power over a persons mind that a monetary transation doesn't have. One is mundane and kinda skeevy, the other is extraordinary and allows a person to enjoy a surge of power they couldn't otherwise enjoy. Yeah, it's a bit rapey, but that's fantasy for you. It belongs in pics, stories, and roleplay. And hey, that's what this place is! It's a good fit.